Wolvercote Mill Stream designated as poor for third year running, but improvements on the way
Wolvercote Mill Stream at Port Meadow, one of only two “designated bathing status” rivers in the UK, has been rated “Poor” and advice against swimming…
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Understanding the names of some of England’s most iconic rivers
Besides the River Thames, London’s most iconic river, there are many other waterways, big and small, that cut through England and form important blue corridors….
Rivers ‘should be’ a key focus at COP28
Policymakers across the world must not forget to focus on water and rivers at COP28, environmental charity Thames21 has urged. The climate emergency has increased…
Bacteria levels above safety limits at the proposed bathing water site in Wallingford
As part of Thames21’s bathing water application for Wallingford, trained citizen scientists undertook a water quality monitoring programme that involved 20 weeks of sampling, assessing…
River users in Henley-on-Thames exposed to harmful levels of bacteria
Environmental charity Thames21’s Reclaim Our Rivers* project has highlighted concentrations of harmful bacteria up to six times above the recommended standards for safe bathing in…
Floodplains, explained
Rivers are extremely complex and important ecosystems. They provide countless services to people and have been at the centre of civilisations for millennia. River systems…
Thames21 and Enfield Council win global climate award for their Enfield nature-based solutions work
Environmental charity Thames21 and Enfield Council have been named as winners of the prestigious Ashden Awards for climate innovation for their joint work creating nature-based…
Droughts, explained
Unlike weather events such as hurricanes and storms, droughts are usually hard to predict and to identify their start and end. In a warming and…
Floods, explained
While floods and other extreme weather events such as droughts aren’t exactly new, their frequency and intensity have been increasing in the past years due…
Thames21 submits applications to secure bathing water status for Henley and Wallingford
Environmental charity Thames21 has submitted two applications to the Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) in hopes to obtain bathing water designations for…